From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Letter from coachbuilders Hooper & Co. to S.H. Grylls regarding a returned document and a humorous reference to Phantom III owners.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\1\ scan0243 | |
| Date | 8th September 1938 | |
| 1021? BY APPOINTMENT MOTOR BODY BUILDERS TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING. HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY. H.R.H. THE DUKE OF WINDSOR. H.R.H. THE DUKE OF KENT. H.R.H. THE PRINCESS ROYAL. H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT. COACHBUILDERS TO THE ROYAL FAMILY CONTINUOUSLY FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY YOUR REFERENCE:........ Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}4/R.{Sir Henry Royce} OUR REFERENCE:......... FLM/N TELEPHONE: REGENT 3242. TELEGRAMS: SOCIABLE. LONDON. HOOPER & CO. (COACHBUILDERS) LTD. AGENTS FOR ALL MAKES OF CARS SPECIALISTS IN ROLLS-ROYCE, DAIMLER & BENTLEY HEAD OFFICES & SHOWROOMS:- 54, ST.JAMES'S STREET, PICCADILLY, LONDON, S.W.1. BY APPOINTMENT NEW WORKS: WESTERN AVENUE, ACTON, W.3. ADJOINING PARK ROYAL UNDERGROUND STN. TELEPHONE: ACORN 0137. REPAIR WORKS: 77, KINGS ROAD, CHELSEA, S.W.3. TELEPHONE: FLAXMAN 5721. 8th September 1938 S.H.Grylls Esq., Messrs.Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Grylls, Many thanks for your letter of 6th inst., returning the official document. Though you have not received any grouse from Scotland, I suppose you have been getting the usual local ones (from Phantom III owners)! Hoping to see you soon, Yours sincerely, F.L.Manning | ||